What do we have about this author that is not a book? How about a “non-musical recording” — this is a recording (yes, a vinyl record) of Vonnegut reading Slaughterhouse Five, which he wrote in 1969 (and which the library has in other formats).

The subject headings alone on this guy’s books are fascinating (here are more books), and remember that when you click on any of these, you get a list of all of our other library items that are about that topic:

From his biography in Literature Resource Center, we find that his first novel, entitled The Big U, sounds like a fun read: “[the story] revolves around the American Megaversity, a huge, modern university, funded by a radioactive waste dump… The satirical book [is] loaded with student pranks reminiscent of those in the 1978 film National Lampoon’s Animal House…”

I’m a few chapters into Reamde (which we have online and in print), but may abandon it in favor of SevenEves, about which I’ve heard nothing but rave reviews.